Did the Clippers mess up?

Yes I was surprised at when they did that trade.  At the time they didn’t know that was the no1 pick.

I like Eric Gordon but he is injury prone

They should have

1- Drafted Paul George over Al-Farouq Aminu

2- Kept Baron Davis and Draft Kyrie Irving

G- Irving

G- Gordon

F- George

F- Griffin

C- Jordan

Good God Damn Thats Scary

The mistake they made was not Top-3 protecting the pick, which they probably negotiated and tried to do, but lost out on.

The rationale behind the trade was to get Baron Davis’s salary off the books to free up money to spend on DeAndre Jordan, a young big man who played a lot better last year than he has this year. At the time, they viewed Baron Davis as an aging guard with decreasing athleticism and not much of a work ethic, so it made sense to give up a draft pick that they’re thinking will be around 5 and won’t produce a player as good as DeAndre Jordan anyway.

So if they had kept that pick, they wouldn’t have DeAndre Jordan, he’d be in a Golden State uniform. We all love Eric Gordon, but Chis Paul’s first six seasons were historically good, and as promising as Gordon is, the chances that he turns out to be as good as Chris Paul are not high.

Giving up on Aminu was a smart decision because he’s not a very good basketball player. I was hoping they’d draft Gordon Hayward with that pick. I think they should have. But either way, sending Aminu to New Orleans hasn’t even really hurt them because picking up Chauncey Billups (until his injury), Nick Young (basically for free) and Kenyon Martin (basically for free) more than offset any production they would have had from Aminu.

That wouldn’t have been the number 1 pick if they hadn’t traded it.  We all know Stern rigged that lottery.

The sad part is that the Cavs were relieved from Baron Davis’s services via the amnesty clause, which didn’t exist when he still played for the Clippers, it was introduced as part of the new CBA.

So in retrospect, they could’ve kept Baron Davis and the draft pick, amnestied Davis, and still had the money re-sign DeAndre Jordan. But they had no way of knowing that. Hindsight is always 20-20.

It’s always easy to look back and hindsight and say what they SHOULD have done…nobody knew Kyrie Irving would be this good out the gate. But Chris Paul is just turning 27 in May (Griffin just turned 23) and will still be in his prime for the next 5-6 years. Eric Gordon is too injury-prone to be a true franchise building block.

The Clippers were in win now mode because they didnt want to lose Blake to free agency, so this was probably the best move for them. Plus they will have a better chance of attracting big free agents to LA with 2 franchise players there in CP3 & Blake

I don’t think VDN is the answer to lead this team.  He must be a great interview to land the Bulls and Clips job with no previous coaching experience (other than the  Bulls obviously) but I think they need to replace him with a Vet (Jerry Sloan anyone?).

Eric Gordon has been hurt and in this draft coming up, there are quite a few players that could possibly be close to his level.  Nick Young is a solid scorer even though he is not as good as Gordon for the long term.  Paul is a winner and despite knee injures, he is still young in his career.

Clippers made the right choice.  I think this lockout shorten season is not allowing people to see the fullness of the moves that were made.  They have a front court locked for 2 or so years with Blake most likely staying.  They have a young point in Eric Bledsoe that they can move or they can move Mo Wiliams.  They picked up Kenyon Martin and Reggie Evans who are both tough players.  They should be able to add some depth next year and with more game spread out, it will be less wear and tear on Paul and other older players.  Billups may be back.  Mo Williams value is probably going to be high if he does well in the playoffs which he should plus there are not many elite point guards available in the draft. 

If Clippers don’t make this move, Paul is likely a Laker. 

Clippers made the right move.  I think people are undervaluing Paul and getting hype about a rookie who may never be better than Paul.

Aminu is a player that can be replace or they can pick him up when New Orleans drops him.  Hornets have a lot of swingman and are looking for more.

I always wished my team was in that trade cuz LAC wanted Baron Davis off the books so bad that giving a lottery pick away would be more then worth taking on Baron Davis

I like this thread idea and all, but I’m tired of people saying they aren’t contenders. Haven’t they done enough to show that they are? They beat the Thunder by double digits, blew out the Mavs in Dallas, sure they lost the series to the Lakers 2-1 but it was competitive throughout. Right now they are even on a 5 game winning streak in the closing part of the season heading into the playoffs. They have shown they are contenders.

 They made the right move, then Stern vetoed it and made them get screwed over. People talk about the Laker veto, but Stern vetoed the first Chris Paul to LAC trade as well. 

They actually kept Gordon as it was Kaman/Aminu/Bledsoe/Tpups first that got vetoed. 

NO… CP3 made a lottery team into a top 3 team in the Western Conference. He brought relevance to the NBA’s doormat franchise. Now, thanks to CP3 top FA’s vets like Billups & Kmart are choosing the Clips to sign with. For the first time in a long time the Clips made the right decision. Gordon & Irving are great pros but neither both would of made as big as impact to the Clippers orginazation as the future HOF CP3 has. 

Anytime when you have a chance to add a top 10 player and floor general like Chris Paul without giving up your best player you do it…There might be nobody in this draft that has the talent of CP3 …

Blake’s outstanding play from last season made the Clippers a team fans wanted to see becuz of him…..Adding CP3 and then getting Billups & Butler made them a serious playoff team…

Well, like I say, the fabric of time is delicate as hell, looking back, they went 11-14 with Mo after the trade, and that translates to an average of 33-42, while their actual record was 32-50, so maybe had they kept the pick, they would have gotten more ping pong balls, howeve that doesnt neccesarily mean that they’d win it. My point is that I’d say that the chance of not trading that pick and that pick still getting no.1 is very slim because everything is rearranged, so I don’t think they would’ve gotten Irving.